Mayor of San Juan Miraflores organized a party in luxury area for birthday and its population sinks into poverty

With a modest salary, the mayor of San Juan de Miraflores, Daniel Castro, held a big party in one of the most exclusive areas of La Molina called 'Las Lagunas' valued at almost 70,000 soles. This was announced by the program 'Cuarto Poder' in a report that it uncovered on Sunday night.

The party was held last Saturday, April 2 with the participation of Los Barraza, the Gaitan Castro and NSamble. Three orchestras play live for a birthday celebration in one of the most exclusive areas of the capital, the Lagunas de La Molina. The owner of the celebration, valued at almost 70,000 soles, is not a lucky businessman, nor a virtuoso merchant, less affluent professional or artist; the party is the mayor of one of Lima's most needy districts, Daniel Castro, for eight months, the burgomaster of San Juan de Miraflores.

Hiring NSamble costs approximately s/12 thousand soles, Los Barrazas costs s/8 thousand soles and Gaitan Castro is between 15 thousand soles, adding a total of 35 thousand soles. The question we all ask ourselves is, how did Daniel Castro manage to gather around 70,000 soles to pay tremendous luxury? And it is that with a salary of approximately 10,000 soles for eight months, it is unlikely to hold a tremendous party for his 30th birthday.

WHO IS DANIEL CASTRO?

Daniel Castro Segura was born on April 4, 1992 in San Juan de Miraflores and grew up on the streets of this human settlement called the German Democratic Republic. When he finished school, he dedicated himself to dog training, the family trade, as recorded in his Affidavit of Interests. In his resume before the Electoral Jury, he stated that he had never worked for any company.

In the 2018 Municipal election campaign, at the age of 26, she ran for councillor of her district on the list of her friend and neighbor Maria Cristina Nina of Acción Popular. However, three years later, Cristina Nina ended up in detention, as the alleged leader of a criminal organization that had become entrenched in the mayor's office. After that event, in August 2021, the first councilor Daniel Castro left his salary of 2,680 soles to become mayor with 13,000 soles. 10,000 with discounts.

But that is not the only problem that the mayor of San Juan de Miraflores is involved, since the councillors of the district have entire files of alleged corruption cases against their mayor. There is, for example, the purchase of 177 blenders for 800 soles each when their cost in the market would be almost 300 soles lower.

At the same time, the Comptroller's Office has also observed that the supplier included in its costs the obligation to distribute the artifacts to five dining rooms; however, it left them in the basements of the municipality for the mayor to take them and deliver them to each location.

MAYOR OF SAN JUAN DE MIRAFLORES GAVE THE FACE

“It has been paid for my personal profit and if I have to do a mea culpa and say that I have failed, I did fail, maybe it was not the time,” he told Cuarto Poder.

When asked about how much the party cost him, the mayor of San Juan de Miraflores said the following: “With the help in decorating my family, friends and officials, the party has been able to cost around 18,000 to 20ml soles,” he said.

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